Case-Control Study

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Select number of pages: 3
Question Description: Two (2) different coursework 11/2 pages each, apa, reference with 5yrs due on Friday.

1. Describe the common characteristics and design of a case-control study. Discuss the three important features when it comes to selecting cases and controls, and identify a situation when one of these might be violated. Discuss the limitations of using questionnaires for determining exposure status and provide examples of alternative strategies for collecting this information in a case-control study.

2. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of cross-sectional studies and examples of how they can be “descriptive” or “analytic” study designs. Discuss an example of a disease where survival could influence the association between a possible exposure and the disease when measured with a cross-sectional study.

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Question one

Conducting research studies in healthcare is fundamental since this enables the researchers to understand the risk factors or outcomes in an implemented survey that assesses specified phenomena (Munnangi, & Boktor, 2020). Although there are different research designs, the researchers have to evaluate the most appropriate…